Study Guide for Unit 3: Physics Test
Students should be able to answer the follow questions:
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What
is energy?
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What
are the 5 main sources of renewable energy?
Why are these types considered renewable?
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What
are the 4 main sources of nonrenewable energy?
Why are these types of energy considered nonrenewable?
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Name 3
fossil fuels. Why are they called “fossil”?
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What
is photovoltaic electricity? How does a
photovoltaic (PV) cell work?
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How
does a wind turbine work?
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How do
we use the earth’s heat by capturing geothermal energy?
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How
did petroleum and natural gas form?
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What
is the fuel for nuclear power plants, and where does it come from?
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Nuclear
energy is considered a non-renewable energy, but it is not a fossil fuel. What is it?
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In
terms of safety and the environment, what are one advantage and one
disadvantage and nuclear power?
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Why is
our society depended on oil? Why are we
in love with oil?
Students should be able to:
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Define
work, power, energy (reference concept map)
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Recognize
the various units of energy
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List (5)
types of nonrenewable energy
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Define
non-renewable energy
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Understand
the risk and problems of each type of energy source
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Understand
why we as a nation is so dependent on oil
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Define
renewable energy
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Understand
the problems of each type of renewable energy source
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List types
of renewable energy
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Describe
the law of conservation of energy
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Define
heat and temperature
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Recognize
the different types of heat transfer
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Explain
thermal expansion
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Summarize
the concept of specific heat
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Homework
problems – focus on the four homework help video
